Timelapse: NRG Stadium Transforms From RodeoHouston to Final Four

Mar 28, 2023

Watch as the multipurpose NRG Stadium — home of the Houston Texans — transformed this week from rodeo dirt to hardwood for the NCAA Men's Final Four.

The timelapse video by Houston Local Organizing Committee, via KHOU-TV, showed the stadium undergoing the transition to a brand-new court for the best teams in college basketball's championship.

Workers laid down 381 floor panels, each weighing 160 pounds. Court assembly alone took about four hours, KHOU-TV reported.

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Daily Digs: Sycamores' Break Ground on Bullpen Deck, $10M in Upgrades at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and More!

August 27, 2025

Testing Finds No Detectable PFAS in FieldTurf—Outperforming Even Grass

Testing Finds No Detectable PFAS in FieldTurf—Outperforming Even Grass

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District Cancels Classes Due to Suspected Mold in High School Gymnasium

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Lights Go Out on High School Football Game, Ending It Without a Fourth Quarter

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Overwhelming Smell of Chlorine Prompts Emergency Evacuation of Fitness Center

Daily Digs: Sycamores' Break Ground on Bullpen Deck, $10M in Upgrades at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and More!

Construction is already underway at Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium as the home of Indiana State baseball will feature the brand-new Blackwell Bullpen deck beyond the right field wall for the upcoming 2026 season.

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Gym & Fieldhouse

District Cancels Classes Due to Suspected Mold in High School Gymnasium

Blissfield (Mich.) Community Schools canceled all classes in the district Tuesday due to a "mold-like substance" being found in the high school's gymnasium.

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Stadium & Arena

Lights Go Out on High School Football Game, Ending It Without a Fourth Quarter

A high school football game in Lakewood, Ohio, was cut short last Friday night after the lights went out at First Federal Lakewood Stadium...

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Overwhelming Smell of Chlorine Prompts Emergency Evacuation of Fitness Center

Earlier this week, the Logan Health Fitness Center in Kalispell, Mont., evacuated its facility due to a chlorine and chemical reaction.

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NIRSA Rec Center: Pickleball Joins the Lineup of NIRSA Championship Series Sports

NIRSA is excited to announce a new partnership with the Association of Pickleball Players (APP), Selkirk Sport and USA Pickleball!

Daily Digs: Crunch Fitness Plans $12M Facility, School Cuts Ribbon on Sports Complex, and More!

Crunch Fitness announced plans for $12 million, 40,000-square-foot facility as part of a mixed-use development on the western border of McKinney, Texas.

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Daily Digs: Penn State Opens Indoor Sports Complex, Houston's $130M Football Operations Center, and More!

With the return of all 800-plus varsity student-athletes for the fall semester, Penn State Athletics officially opened the Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex on Monday.

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SportsArt Campus Challenge Winner Gets $75K in Energy-Producing Cardio Equipment

Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, Miss., has installed $75,000 worth of SportsArt's ECO-POWR™ treadmills that the school won in....

Tara Rouse, director of the Pearl River Community College Wellness Center, uses one of SportsArt’s ECO-POWR™ treadmills.

Athletic Training

How an Emphasis on Recovery Is Changing Athletic Training Facility Design

The use of tricked-out facilities as an athlete-recruiting tool is a widely accepted practice among D-I athletics departments.

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Ospreys Nesting on Stadium Light Pole Disrupt Minnesota High School's Fall Sports Season

A family of migratory raptors that are protected under state and federal law have nested atop a light pole at Apple Valley (Minn.) High School, forcing the school to switch football and soccer games from night to day.

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Daily Digs: HS Opens $18.5M Multi-Sports Complex, UNC Chancellor Pitches New Basketball Arena, and More!

Mifflin County High School in Highland Park, Penn., on Friday christened the school's new $18.5 million Husky Multi-Sports Complex by welcoming fans to the first football game of the year at the new facility.

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Stadium & Arena

IU Signs Historic Partnership with Merchants Bank for $50M Football Field Naming Rights

The Hoosiers have partnered with Merchants Bank of Indiana for a $50 million, 20-year deal to name the field inside of Memorial Stadium: Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.

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